Category: Visual Studio

I got this error recently when I tried to rebuild the project that I downloaded from github in VS2013.

Error Message:

Error 1 The “SlowCheetah.Xdt.TransformXml” task could not be loaded from the assembly C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Local\Microsoft\MSBuild\SlowCheetah\v2.5.10.2\SlowCheetah.Xdt.dll. Could not load file or assembly ‘file:///C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Local\Microsoft\MSBuild\SlowCheetah\v2.5.10.2\SlowCheetah.Xdt.dll’ or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified. Confirm that the <UsingTask> declaration is correct, that the assembly and all its dependencies are available, and that the task contains a public class that implements Microsoft.Build.Framework.ITask. Project-Name

Error Screenshot

Here is the solution that works for me. Of course, feel free to share if you have alternative solution or better one.

Solution

Close Visual Studio 2013 (if it’s opened)

Delete SlowCheetah package in %userprofile%\AppData\Local\NuGet\Cache

Delete all folders under this path %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\MSBuild\SlowCheetach

That’s all. It works for me. If it’s not working for you or you have other solution, please drop a comment. Thanks!